Variable DPI Across A Display And Control Thereof

Abstract

Techniques and examples pertaining to variable pixel density across a display and control thereof are described. A display controller circuit can receive data from a data source, and control a display device to display the data on a single display panel of the display device. The display panel has a variable pixel density across the display panel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a display controller circuit capable of receiving data from a data source, the display controller circuit further capable of controlling a display device having a single display panel with a variable pixel density across the display panel to display the data on the display panel.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, in controlling the display device to display the data, the display controller circuit is capable of controlling the display device to display a video data on the display panel which has a plurality of regions with different regional pixel densities. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, in controlling the display device to display the data, the display controller circuit is capable of controlling the display device to display a video data on the display panel which has a central region and two peripheral regions on two sides of the central region, and wherein a regional pixel density of the central region is higher than a regional pixel density of each of the two peripheral regions. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, in receiving the data from the data source, the display controller circuit is capable of receiving data displayable on another display panel having a same pixel density across the another display panel, and wherein the display controller circuit is capable of processing the data displayable on the another display panel to provide a processed data displayable on the display panel with the variable pixel density. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein, in processing the data displayable on the another display panel to provide the processed data displayable on the display panel with the variable pixel density, the display controller circuit is capable of dividing the received data into a plurality of portions and mapping each of the plurality of portions of the received data to a respective one of a plurality of regions of the display panel, and wherein the plurality of regions have different regional pixel densities. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, in receiving the data from the data source, the display controller circuit is capable of receiving data that is displayable on the display panel of the display device having the variable pixel density without processing by the display controller circuit. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the display device having the single display panel with the variable pixel density across the display panel.   
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising:
 receiving data from a data source; and   controlling a display device having a single display panel with a variable pixel density across the display panel to display the data on the display panel.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling of the display device to display the data comprises controlling the display device to display a video data on the display panel which has a plurality of regions with different regional pixel densities. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling of the display device to display the data comprises controlling the display device to display a video data on the display panel which has a central region and two peripheral regions on two sides of the central region, and wherein a regional pixel density of the central region is higher than a regional pixel density of each of the two peripheral regions. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the receiving of the data from the data source comprises:
 receiving data displayable on another display panel having a same pixel density across the another display panel; and   processing the data displayable on the another display panel to provide a processed data displayable on the display panel with the variable pixel density across the display panel.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the processing of the data displayable on the another display panel to provide the processed data displayable on the display panel with the variable pixel density comprises:
 dividing the received data into a plurality of portions; and   mapping each of the plurality of portions of the received data to a respective one of a plurality of regions of the display panel, and wherein the plurality of regions have different regional pixel densities.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the receiving of the data from the data source comprises receiving data that is displayable on the display panel of the display device having the variable pixel density without processing by a display controller circuit. 
     
     
         14 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a central processing unit (CPU) capable of receiving inputs and generating commands with respect to the inputs; and   a data source capable of receiving the commands from the CPU and generating data based at least in part on the commands, the data displayable on a single display panel with a variable pixel density across the display panel.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the data source is capable of generating a video data displayable on the display panel which has a plurality of regions with different regional pixel densities. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the data source is capable of generating a video data displayable on the display panel which has a central region and two peripheral regions on two sides of the central region, and wherein a regional pixel density of the central region is higher than a regional pixel density of each of the two peripheral regions. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein, in generating the data, the data source is capable of performing operations comprising:
 dividing the data into a plurality of portions; and   mapping each of the plurality of portions of the data to a respective one of a plurality of regions of the display panel, and wherein the plurality of regions have different regional pixel densities.   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the data source is capable of performing operations comprising:
 determining whether to generate first data that is displayable on the display panel with the variable pixel density across the display panel or to generate second data that is displayable on another display panel with a same pixel density across the another display panel;   generating the first data responsive to a determination that an output of the data source is to be displayed by the display panel with the variable pixel density; and   generating the second data responsive to a determination that the output of the data source is to be displayed by the another display panel with the same pixel density.   
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the CPU is capable of receiving inputs from a motion sensing device to generate commands to control the data source to generate left-eye data for viewing by a left eye of a user and right-eye data for viewing by a right eye of the user. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 a display controller circuit capable of receiving the data from the data source, the display controller circuit further capable of controlling a display device having the single display panel with the variable pixel density across the display panel to display the data on the display panel.